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Term Papers on Legal and Government
Government Cutbacks
Number of words: 678 - Number of pages: 3.... lawyers and politicians. Class sizes have grown to very high
numbers, it is not unusual to see a class have an average of 35 students.
With the larger class sizes, you create a balance for the students. On the
one side, you have the very smart kids. In the middle, you have the average
kids. And on the other side, you have the kids that have a lot of potential,
but they need the attention to succeed. The smart ones will be fine, the
average ones will likely sneak through, the ones that is going to have the
worst time of all, and who the cuts are going to hit, .....
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Gandhi
Number of words: 3049 - Number of pages: 12.... in the High Court of London, but later that year he left for India. After one year of a none too successful law practice, decided to accept an offer from an Indian businessman in South Africa, Dada Abdulla, to join him as a legal adviser. Unbeknown to him, this was to become an exceedingly lengthy stay, and altogether was to stay in South Africa for over twenty years. The Indians who had been living in South Africa were without political rights, and were generally known by the derogatory name of 'coolies'. himself came to an awareness of the frightening f .....
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Prohibition
Number of words: 603 - Number of pages: 3.... Amendment.
During Prohibition there was a slight drop in homicide rates around the
country.
On January 16, 1920, the great law went into effect. The Eighteenth
amendment made it forbidden to manufacture, sell, transport, import or
export any intoxicating liquors. This was controversial because it turned
the common hard working man or woman, who enjoyed a drink after a hard
day's work, into a criminal in the law's eyes. In The History of
Prohibiton, a web site by J. McGrew, it states that Prohibiton also gave
criminals, such as Al Capone, the opportunity to fee .....
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Drug Legalization
Number of words: 1225 - Number of pages: 5.... , misguided by frustration , are listening to the arguments to
legalize or decriminalize drugs. The solution to the drug problem is not to
repeal the drug laws. The solution requires commitment to a balanced effort on
drug education , prevention , treatment, and law enforcement. Softening our
drug laws would be a major mistake. Research and data clearly shows the
problem is not drug prohibition , but drug use. When drugs are cheap and
easily accessible , more people will use them. It is a frightening scenario
that envisions more of our citizens, bot .....
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The Drinking Age: An 18-Year-Olds Right
Number of words: 1958 - Number of pages: 8.... or not
the younger drinking ages had any effect on automobile accidents. These
studies generally concluded that traffic accidents significantly increased
among teenagers after the MLDA was lowered.(Toomey 1) It can, however,
easily be argued that since these studies came out right after the drinking
ages had been lowered, they would naturally show that there was an increase
in death among teenagers. Anytime you change something dramatically it
takes a while for things to settle into a routine. If all of a sudden,
for instance, you allow 18-year-olds to d .....
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Juvenile Delinquency
Number of words: 982 - Number of pages: 4.... number of laws, ranging from
robbery to running away from home. But an action for which a youth may be
declared a delinquent in one community may not be against the law in
another community. In some communities, the police ignore many children
who are accused of minor delinquencies or refer them directly to their
parents. But in other communities, the police may refer such children to a
juvenile court, where they may officially be declared delinquents. Crime
statistics, though they are often incomplete and may be misleading, do give
an indication of the exten .....
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Pathogens
Number of words: 663 - Number of pages: 3.... how to destroy them we must understand several of the parts that make them up. Some of these parts are: Morphology Biochemical Characteristics Detection Methods Cultural characteristics Health Effects Routes of Transmission Occurrence in Water Sources Sources of Exposure and Susceptibility to removal or inactivation by conventional water treatment processes. Each of these parts is used in today’s world to identify and destroy existing, and new . What happens if someone ingests a pathogen before it is identified? Well that is one reason that the Department of the .....
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Teenage Pregnancy
Number of words: 1877 - Number of pages: 7.... at an earlier age are at a greater risk primarily because young teenagers are less likely to use birthcontrol. African-American and Hispanic teenagers are twice as likely to give birth as are white teenagers. Whites are more likely to have abortions. Teenagers who come from poor neighborhoods and attend segregated schools are at a high risk for pregnancy. Also, teenagers who are doing poorly in school and have few plans for the future are more likely to become parents than those who are doing well and have high educationsl and occupational expectations. Altho .....
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